Monday, July 21, 2014

Hero: Gov. Rick Perry sending National Guard to border...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is set to announce Monday that
1,000 U.S. National Guard troops will be deployed to the Rio Grande
Valley, according to an internal memo detailing the plan obtained on
Sunday.
State Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, confirmed that Perry is set to announce the deployment on Monday.
“Gov. Perry plans to hold a press conference tomorrow at 2 p.m. and
he is calling up the National Guard to help out on the border,” Hinojosa
said Sunday evening. “Of course, we are opposed to bringing up the
National Guard. We do not need to militarize the border. These are
families and children. We need to manage the situation.”
The National Guard troops will be deployed to the Valley to join the
Texas Department of Public Safety in its recent surge to combat human
smuggling and drug trafficking amid the influx of mostly Central
Americans illegally crossing the Rio Grande.
“This is not a militarization of the border,” the memo states. “The
DPS and the National Guard are working to keep any drug and human
trafficking south of (U.S. Highway) 83 and with the goal of keeping any
smuggling from entering major highways to transport East/West/and
North.”
DPS officials want to send National Guard troops into western areas
of the Valley and the ranch lands further north, according to the memo.